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Status: Single
City: BOSTON
State: MASSACHUSETTS
Country: US
Signup Date: 5/3/2005
Thursday, November 05, 2009 
"This rather odd incident occurred right after we finished our afternoon open-air concert at MIT on 'Mission of Burma Day' (sic):
As usual, I am a little vacant after the set - I usually put my whole shebang into it and there ain't much left afterwards.  Then it feels good to just float about, nodding harmlessly towards smiling humanity. So, I'm standing there, starting to talk to fans.  I have a beer (illegal outside here, but in a plastic cup so no one would know).  As I'm a-talkin', I notice a cop coming my way.  Discretely I angle my cup away from him so he won't notice that rich amber color that so clearly delineates an IPA.  But he keeps coming, and I think "oh well, what can I do?'  He comes up to me, clearly intending to talk to me, to me specifically.  I turn, expecting the worst.  Then he says: "Why didn't you guys play Revolver?"  Relief and amusement flood simultaneously into my skull.  Cambridge cop as Burma fan?  He then says he played the whole album (musta been the Signals reissue) in his cruiser on the way over to his stakeout job at the show!  Despite the benevolent human vibes now flowing freely, I still keep my cup aimed away, though I suspect he wouldn't have cared a whit.   Conceptually, if all cops were Burma fans, would the world be a better place?  Not my place to know, and I'm pretty sure they aren't...... RM"



*Check the blog for more posts from Roger as Mission of Burma hits the road for Austin, Portland and beyond...
9:50 PM
 
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AXE

 
Ha,ha,ha,GREAT STORY!
 
Posted by AXE on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 1:54 AM
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Deni
Deniz Ozan-George

 
Hi Roger,
Actually, I'm pretty sure that they are all MoB fans! Just like the rest of us....
--Deni

 
Posted by Deni on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 1:54 AM
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Ancient Pistol

 
We aren't the cops of the world, eh?

 
Posted by Ancient Pistol on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 1:54 AM
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Eddie³

 
Yes the world is an amazing place sometimes, eh Roger?

 
Posted by Eddie³ on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 1:54 AM
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keith/Fishead
fishead knowlton

 
Thank God the cop didn't reach for his revolver!
 
Posted by keith/Fishead on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 3:45 PM
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keith/Fishead
fishead knowlton

 
Thank God the cop didn't reach for his revolver!
 
Posted by keith/Fishead on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 3:45 PM
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Alfred

 
had i been him , ida used my billy club in you ( an taken ur brew )
 
Posted by Alfred on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 3:46 PM
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Jim

 
You know, there were an AWFUL LOTTA restrictions for a Free Outdoor Show-no passing out, no standing on the sidewalk, etc. In light of that, I figured that tree climbing would be Strictly Prohibited, and to my surprise, two teenagers beat me to a good "tree stand", where I'd have had a great angle for video.
GOOD show! Something about it had a "spacey, high-without-drugs" quality. My companion also reported a similar effect.
 
Posted by Jim on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 3:46 PM
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I Lost Control

 
Roger, great story. But...why didn't you play ...Revolver? :P

 
Posted by I Lost Control on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 3:46 PM
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Lucky CAT

 
Hi Roger. I met you in San Diego last year at Brick By Brick. When are you guys coming back this way?
 
Posted by Lucky CAT on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 4:45 PM
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